Re: Jackson Reforms I AM an Associate Legal Executive who has represented victims of accidents for over 20 years.

I am not an “ambulance chaser” and am not involved in a “compensation culture” but represent innocent victims of accidents.

I have seen injured people whose life has been shattered by someone else’s negligence and needs specialist help. An injured person has a right to expect full and fair redress.

It seems grossly unfair, therefore, that the Ministry of Justice has proposed changes to “no win, no fee” to make the innocent victim pay some of his legal costs out of his compensation.

The purpose of damages is not to cover legal costs, and nor should it be. Damages are carefully calculated to compensate a victim after he has been caused a needless injury.

I am deeply concerned, as are many other members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) that these proposals may restrict “no win, no fee” in a way which could prevent an injured person, whose case is complicated, from being able to bring a claim in the first place.

Patricia Higgens Bury